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Old Feb 26, 2007 | 12:08 pm
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Originally Posted by linenbasket
Its kind of annoying for tjhe time being as you don't know until on board if you have NCW or NGCW- both of which require completely different sets of leads.
Empower was good- I have a travel one which has car type one (like AA have) and an empower which goes onto that.

Maybe they have used a US plug as it is a lower voltage. Then they cant be blamed when stupid people blow up their 110v gear by plugging it into a 220/240 socket with no transformer- only a socket adaptor.
If you want to buy a new brick for your Notebook I recommend you look at the Targus combined AC/DC type - that way you only need one adaptor to cover 12VDC and 100-250VAC.

Yes, safety is better from two perspectives 1) the risk of electrocution is lower if you're grovelling to find the socket in some inaccessible place and 2) the fire risk is lower from wrong voltage selection, though most portable appliances these days have universal inputs.
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